Roman Republic - Aemilius Paullus and Terentius Varro mustered the biggest army possible
Time: 216 BC
Place: Bari Metropolitan City, Italy
Details: In 216, the new consuls Aemilius Paullus and Terentius Varro mustered the biggest army possible, with eight legions (more than 80,000 soldiers) – twice as many as the Punic army – and confronted Hannibal, who was encamped at Cannae, in Apulia.
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